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In This Issue |
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- GRANTS AND TRAINING
- CONNECT
- SOCIAL MEDIA
- RESOURCES
- MY SOURCE
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Latin Music USA Grant Deadline Extended |
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 The grant application due date for Latin Music USA has been extended. Five stations can receive $10,000 grants to develop local community partnerships and strategic engagement around the series. Apply now on NCO's PlanIT!
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PlanIT! Has Reading Rainbow Contest Resources |
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 Find print and planning resources for the 15th Annual Reading Rainbow Young Writers & Illustrators Contest in NCO's PlanIT! Most stations kick off their contests in January, so now is the time to get organized. Log in to PlanIT! for the sign-up form, resources, planning tool and the means to share your contest plans with others. The registration deadline is Nov. 14.
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Webinar: What's the Word on The Street? from Sesame Street |
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 The road to reading begins with words, so lace up your shoes and get ready for Sesame Street's new outreach campaign What's the Word on The Street? Attend the NCO/Sesame Street Webinar to discover new interactive tools to help children in your community build vocabulary and literacy skills.
When: Wednesday, November 5 at 3 p.m. ET and repeats Thursday, November 6 at 3 p.m. ET. RSVP with the date attending to info@mediaengage.org. Webinar access details will follow soon.
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Planning for Ken Burn's National Parks |
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In late October, NCO staff will attend a planning Field Conference for Ken Burns's The National Parks: America's Best Idea. Cristina Hanson and Barrett Dowell will gather with producers, station grantees and the filmmaker to screen the episodes and brainstorm community engagement ideas.
For more information, visit the film's working blog at http://weta.org/nationalparksproject. To access this site, please contact Stacey Schwartz at sschwartz@weta.com
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NAPT Committed to Outreach and Engagement |
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 Native American Public Telecommunications (NAPT) actively supports community engagement around its Native Media. With this in mind, they invited NCO to their Producers' Workshop Training to help filmmakers understand the value of engagement. NAPT also supports partnerships between broadcast professionals and Native communities. In preparation for Native American Heritage Month, NAPT posted a fact sheet online about Native life and culture. Visit the NAPT Web site for this valuable information.
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NCO Featured in PRI Newsletter |
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 Public Radio International (PRI) featured NCO and our work with the new morning show "The Takeaway" in this month's e-newsletter for broadcasting professionals. Read the article at http://www2.pri.org/infosite/esource/0810oct/nco.cfm
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New Social Media on NCO Site |
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We've added two new social media tools, Delicious and Twitter, to the mediaengage.org homepage. Here's what they do:
The link at the top of the page is Delicious. Click it and you'll see a list of bookmarked Web sites we think will be valuable to you. This month's list is organized around the topic of Financial Literacy. Next month, we'll feature a list around a different topic. Delicious is meant to be shared. You can click on the SHARETHIS icon to send it to other community engagement folks.
In the right corner of the homepage is Twitter, a widget that allows us to quickly update you on what's happening in the world of community engagement and public broadcasting. The updates, or "tweets," are dated and will continuously change throughout the week. We know it takes time to stay up-to-date and Twitter is one way we help you do it most efficiently.
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Engaging People around the Election |
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 Check out Get My Vote: Politics Is Personal, online engagement from NPR News and Wisconsinvote.org. It asks people to reveal what a candidate could do or say to get their vote. The answers are entertaining and informative. Video footage of Whad'Ya Know?'s Michael Feldman opens the conversation and adds to the fun.
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Upcoming Peer-to-peer Dialogues on Community Engagement |
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Wednesday, Oct. 22, the Peer-to-peer Dialogue Group on Health will meet for their second phone conversation at 1 p.m. CT, 2 p.m. ET. Ed Ulman from KNME in New Mexico will share the Take One Step initiative targeting under-served populations. Jacqueline Froelich from KUAF 91.3 in Fayetteville, Arkansas, will discuss a health series about elders.
In November, two Peer-to-peer Dialogue groups will re-convene for their second discussion:
- Peer-to-peer Dialogue Group on Connecting Diverse Communities - Wednesday, Nov. 5 at 1 p.m. CT, 2 p.m. ET
- Peer-to-peer Dialogue Group on Financial Literacy and Economics - Wednesday, Nov. 19 at 1 p.m. CT, 2 p.m. ET
To participate, email info@mediaengage.org and tell us which group(s) interest you.
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Repository Pick: KRCB's Plant A Tree Partnership |
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KRCB in Sonoma County, CA combined community engagement with pledge for the benefit of all involved. Read more about the Plant A Tree initiative in the NCO's Engagement Repository.
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